With heart on sleeve
Hi. I'm Casey and among other things I'm a writer, left-wing activist, full-time development communications and advocacy officer, part-time Masters student, nomad, drama queen, hopeless idealist and love junkie, currently based in Cambodia.
All views expressed on this blog are my own, and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of my employer.
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Last Folio presents Yuri Dojc‘s photographs from an old Jewish school in eastern Slovakia, a building frozen in time since one day in 1943 in which...
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Fixed the source so it actually goes to the artist’s page now…
Favorite artist ever.
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Step outside….
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“If you don’t feel it, flee from it. Go where you are celebrated, not merely tolerated.”— Paul F. Davis (via myquotelibrary)
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“But love is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life, we always face a brand-new situation. Love can...”
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“I’m a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.”— J.D. Salinger (via dailystendhalnitesaudade)
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If the UK had launched the raid against Osama bin Laden.
(via @chrisalbon)
UPDATE: The creator of this Photoshop, Twolf, originally posted...
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“How sad the world is, so beautiful yet so absurd…”— Irène Némirovsky, Suite Francaise
Finally a leader willing to stand up for the right to marriage for all. With even less public support than Australia, this is a beautiful example of a good leader making decisions in the best interests of a country rather than appealing to it’s conservative vote. Respect!
This video explains the concept of Creating Shared Value - taking Corporate Social Responsibility beyond the desire for good PR, to tailoring business to meet and benefit from the needs of communities. Excellent stuff.
On 21 and 22 May, the Royal Government of Cambodia, the UN and development partners, NGOs and civil society will come together at the 4th National Seminar on Food Security and Nutrition.
But what is Food Security? This video explains the term in the simplest terms (via Alertnet / Thompson Reuters Foundation)
“Education is Light.”
Shamsiya, 20 years old, Helmand, Afghanistan. With thanks to MercyCorps, via: http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/video/2012/apr/25/education-against-odds-afghanistan-audio-slideshow
In Bangladesh 20% of girls become marry before their 15th birthday. This BBC video story details how widespread child marriage is in the country, despite the fact that Bangladeshi law sets minimum marrying age at 18 years.
Well done World Vision. Well done Australia. So proud to be among such a generous population.
The best decisions
I handed in my resignation letter this week. In less than three months I will no longer work for the UN in Cambodia. I’m not ready to leave. I’ve not made a deep enough mark here yet… I’m just starting to get my hands dirty. And I’m not ready to say goodbye to the amazing colleagues, friends and acquaintances I’ve made here in Cambodia. I’m still loving the work. I’m still learning. I’m still enjoying my life here.
But I will leave.
Because, with the words of my wonderful, supportive Australian supervisor ringing in my head: the best decisions we make in this industry are the ones where we put our families first.
So I might not be 100% ready to leave Cambodia, but I am 100% ready to start the next adventure. Because sometimes you can’t have it all – work and family. I’ve put work first for a good few years. Now I’m going to put family first…and with any luck, in a few years, I’ll manage to combine them.
But for now that means leaving Cambodia for the sunny coast of California. For job uncertainty, but also for love.
It’s always a strange combination of sheer excitement and terrified panic that I begin a new chapter of life. Some people think it’s brave, but I’m not sure I have any other choice. I’m simply making the best decisions I can, determined only by identifying what would make me happiest. I hope we all have the good sense to do that.
This incredible video tells the stories of some Cambodian volunteers who are dedicated to ending discrimination against women. Their efforts - and the efforts of thousands of people like them across the country - are changing mindsets and making gender equality a reality in Cambodia.
Celebrating Cambodia’s inspiring women and girls
This International Women’s Day the United Nations in Cambodia has partnered with a network of incredibly engaged and active young women to produce a blog (and a facebook page) promoting the stories of inspiring women and girls all over Cambodia who are changing their own lives, and those of their communities.
To learn more about Cambodia’s incredible women and girls, visit the blog here or the facebook page here (and please “Like” us!). Don’t forget to tell your family and friends now! :)
I hope, no matter where in the world you are today, that you celebrate the incredible women and girls in your life!
Happy International Women’s Day!
